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Set of three low-backed Windsor armchairs with turned spindles, front legs and stretchers. Dark grain-painted finish with gold stripes on crest rail and seat. This form is also known as a captain's chair or firehouse chair.

History

Born in Norway in 1851, Andrew Thompson arrived in the Town of Vermont, Dane County, Wisconsin in 1856. He learned the trade of carpenter and moved to Mount Horeb in 1874. In 1878, he opened a store that provided "general hardware, coffins, paints and oils, wagon manufacturing, and carpentering." According to the records of the Mt. Horeb Area Historical Society, Thompson's store was first opened in "Old Town" Mount Horeb and later relocated to "New Town." The closing date of the store is currently unknown. According to the records of the Mt. Horeb Area Historical Society, these chairs were used in Mount Horeb's Masonic Lodge.

Sources

History of Dane County, Wisconsin (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880), p. 1227.